Hello everyone! Today I am participating in a Caring Hearts Card Drive Blog Hop (more about this great cause and hop below). I created several simple to mass produce and easy to replicate Holiday cards. I have also filmed a video tutorial to walk you through the creative process and explain everything in detail.
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VIDEO TUTORIAL
I’ve created a video tutorial where I am sharing everything in detail. You can watch it below or on my Youtube channel.
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CARDS DETAILS
I wanted to stamp a modern looking pattern featuring several Christmas trees. I started going through my stash looking for images I could use and I ended up picking trees from 3 different stamp sets from Simon Says Stamp.
I practiced my stamping on a piece of printer paper (when I do test stamping I always use cheap printer paper and never my good quality cardstock). Once I was happy with my idea, design and colors of ink I picked I moved onto stamping actual pattern onto card fronts.
I wanted to make multiple cards so I used my mini MISTI stamp positioner to make it easier to do my stamping. I also double stamped all images to have the most vibrant and smooth ink coverage. I used 2 Christmas Trees from the Gifts of Love stamp set (its a set from one of Simon’s Card Kits), one tree from a last year Christmas Graphic set and one last tree image from this year Color Me Trees stamp set (I’m linking to all supplies I used at the end of my post).
For my color combination I went with Green Apple, Willow and Evergreen. I also used my Simon’s Intense Black ink to stamp the outline trees and blended Fog as well as Lake Shores and Scuba.
To dress these trees up a bit I heat embossed several dashed swirls from the Cute Snowflakes stamp set (this is another card kit stamp set) in Antique Gold embossing powder.
The sentiment for these cards, Thinking of you at Christmas, came from yet another set, Christmas Essentials. I wanted these cards to say more than just Merry Christmas and I think the sentiment I picked it very suitable for this occasion.
My stamped panels were adhered onto A2 top folding white card bases, I also foam mounted my sentiments and adhered several clear droplets.
CARING HEARTS CARD DRIVE
Today we are celebrating the 7th annual Caring Hearts Card Drive with a fun blog hop! The purpose of this card drive is to collect handmade holiday cards for the elderly that live in nursing homes around the world. Since 2010 we have been bringing joy to many nursing homes throughout the US, Canada and Australia. And this year, we are branching out to the UK! What better way to share our love of card making than to bring joy to others, right?
We hope you’ll join us in supporting the card drive. Details for the card drive can be found at: Vera Yates Blog & Jennifer McGuire’s Blog.
CARING HEARTS BLOG HOP
Join us for an inspirational blog hop!
Vera Yates
Jennifer McGuire
Laura Bassen
Shari Carroll
Debby Hughes
Heather Ruwe
Julie Ebersole
May Sukyong Park
Yana Smakula – you are here!
Ruby Ianigro
Jessie Frost Ballas
Wendy Ramlakhan
Kathy Racoosin
Amy Lee
Simon Says Stamp
GIVEAWAY
No hop is complete without fun giveaway, right? Simon Says Stamp has generously offering $150 gift card for this hop. All you need to do is visit and leave comment on each blog. Winner will be randomly selected from one of the participant blog. You have till midnight Thursday, 11/17/2016 to leave comment. Winner will be announced on Vera’s blog on Friday, 11/18/2016.
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Gifts of Love Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Cute Snowflakes Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Christmas Essentials Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps and Dies Color Me Trees Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Color Me Trees Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Color Me Trees Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Christmas Graphic Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Evergreen Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Willow Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Fog Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Lake Shores Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Scuba Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Green Apple Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# Lipstick Red Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 80 Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets Shop at: SSS |
 Pretty Pink Posh 4MM Clear Droplets (small) Shop at: SSS |
 Pretty Pink Posh 6MM Clear Droplets (medium) Shop at: SSS |
 Best Creation Big Squares 3D Foam Tape Adhesive Shop at: SSS |
 Mini MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils Shop at: SSS |
 EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS |
 Sakura Quickie Glue Pen Shop at: SSS |
This is so pretty. I love the gold embossing you did.
So creative using multiple stamp sets.
I love being able to make multiples of cards and this is such a fun design. I love using the MISTI too> Great card!
I think my first comment didn’t go through. Anyway, I was saying I really liked the gold embossing that you added to the card. Very pretty.
Beautiful cards!
Another beautiful card Yana. Love the colors.
Love the mix of all those funky trees!
I love the pop of red on this card!
These are soooo Fun and Fantastic!!!
Love the mix of tree stamps, Yana! Fabulous cards!
These cards are beautiful! I love the different trees you used 🙂
Great card. Thank you for the tips for making multiple cards. This is a wonderful cause.
Great mix of trees – you can never have too many trees!
Adorable design Yana! love the mix of patterns, greens, and the splash of red for sentiment!
Beautifully done, Yana! Appreciate your video also. Happy World Kindness Day and thanks for promoting Caring Hearts Card Drive!
Beautiful. Happy World Kindness Day!
What a great card design Yana! Super use of tree stamps from different sets. Love the garland of antique silver embossing. It looks like a windy breeze through the trees to me. Very fresh image!
Beautiful pattern stamping! Love the trees and the festive swirls! Thank you for all of the helpful tips!
Yana, I just love how you used the different sets to make these cards, gorgeous!!
I’m always happy to see your lovely work–always original and fun!
Thanks so much for sharing this. What a great way to get use of all of your stamps…combining different stamp sets to come up with a totally different look!
Your cards are so fun
and festive!
Your card is wonderful and so is this card drive!!!
I love your card and this card drive!!! I am working on my cards and will be sending them off soon:)
Wow! Absolutely fantastic! Love how it has a geometric feel!
Luv! What a fun, graphic pattern you created!
Lovely card! Thank you for the video and promoting this awesome card drive.
Well done video tutorial. Definitely going to try this. Thanks.
Love love love these cards!! Simple and elegant
Love the repeat factor to your card idea!! Thanks for the inspiration Yana:)
Great idea for a design and very pretty cards.
Love the clean and simple aspect of your cards…they are just beautiful!
Love the graphic design and the pop of red. Very beautiful card. Also thanks for the great video. I always love them because they are so helpful.
Beautiful cards
Great cards. What a clever use of the swirl! I have sent my cards off for the drive.
I love the combination of different trees!
I like all the bright trees!
Love the fun trees!
I’ve just started using the misti and love seeing ways to use it!
Those cards are simply stunning! I love the colour combo and the details you added. Great design!
I like the traditional Christmas colors and the variety of trees.
That is such a beautiful card! I love the card drive idea and this card will make anyone smile!
You never cease to inspire me, Yana. Love how you always have a fun twist on the regular card ideas. Thanks for sharing your talent so generously with us.
These are beautiful! Love that you created your own pattern, great color choices too!
Love how you used so many trees. I lovr tbe whimiscal & happy style. Your video is so helpful. Thanks
Playful and beautiful!Thank you for sharing
Thank you for sharing about this card drive. Beautiful cards.
What a fun card design and a great way to create a number of cards and have a ton of fun doing it! Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring and supporting this card drive!
love your card
this is a wonderful idea for a card drive
thank you so much for doing it.
Lovely field of Christmas trees. Love your color choices and the red sentiment is perfect. Thanks for sharing.